Revelation 9:5

Greek/English Interlinear with Strong’s Numbers


King James Version

And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
New King James Version

And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
New American Standard Bible

And they were not permitted (it was not given to them) to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man.
New International Version

They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
The Amplified Bible

They were not permitted to kill them, but to torment (distress, vex) them for five months; and the pain caused them was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a person.
Wuest’s Expanded Translation

And to them there was given [a charge] that they should not kill them but that they should be tortured five months. And their torture is like the torture of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
Phillips’ Modern English

They were given no power to kill men, but only to torture them for five months. The torture they could inflict was like the pain of a scorpion’s sting.
Williams’ Language of the People

They were not permitted to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and the torture was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a man.
 
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